59cm Barramundi #1092 AUD10,000 Barramundi Zerek Live Cherabin 127mm Jagla setting

I haven't won the lottery.
I'm not cut out for gambling.
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but working for my pay is more of a sure thing.
How ripping!
See what I have done!
My wildest hopes have been fulfilled.
I caught a 59cm barramundi on Zerek Live Cherabin 127mm with Jagla setting at Fannie bay on November 2.
I thought it odd that that fish unusually had a dirty stick covered with seaweeds on his back.
Look closely, the dirty stick was a red tag.
The red tag seemed to be written in two lines as follows.
EXP 28 FEB 2018
S3-MDF 3786
I thought that it must be the red tag of the season 3 for Million Dollar Fish.
"Oh my god"

I finished with work at 4:30pm.
So I went back home once.
I changed clothes for the land based barramundi fishing.
I decided where to go fishing after reading the time times book.
In addition, the fishing location depended on the weather and wind of the day.
It rained recently heavily.
Barramundi doesn't like a dirty water with land/water pollution.
I judged those factors comprehensively.
After all, I decided to go fishing to Fannie bay rocks.

The tide was going out.
The water was murky in colour but clean.
There were many big rocks in the water.
I used Zerek Live Cherabin 127mm with Jagla setting.
As a result, I caught a 59cm barramundi.
Finally, I saw a red tag attached to the body of that fish.

Zerek Live Cherabin

Size: 127mm

Where: Shallow water 100cm - 150cm

Water: Murky Outgoing

Line: Fins 30lb

Leader line: Black magic 40lb

Knot: The Slim Beauty

Reel: Shimano Scorpion 70XG Gear ratio 8.2:1 very fast

Rod: Samaki Zing Xtreme SZX-661BM 6'6" Line: 8-14lb Cast: 1/4-5/8oz Action: Moderate

Jagla setting: W-hook OWNER NITRO Stinger Double hook #4

Clip: Force ten Stainless Duo Lock Snaps #2

Action: Steady retrieving

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Sunday morning barramundi #901 At Mindil Beach BOMBER LONG 15A

Mindil Beach is a very popular beach in Darwin.
I was there this morning.
The tide was coming.
The water current wasn't strong.
The sea surface was slightly wavy.

I went to the rocks.
Normally, I don't fish at the incoming tide at these rocks.
First, I used the top-water lure and then it was taken by a 60-65cm barracuda.
But I lost the first fish.

Second, I used the shiny hard-body lure and then it was nearly taken by a big trevally.

And I cast some lures across the same rock many and many a time.
Finally, I caught a 51cm urban saltwater barramundi.

51cm urban salt water barramundi
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

There should be only one barramundi there this morning.
I probably caught the very one barramundi there.

Please try to see the expected advantages of the double hook.

• Double hook is hardly caught from the obstacles.

• Double hook can easily be detached without pliers because it doesn't need a split ring between hook and lure.  (It rarely would become weakness.  But the methods are many various for this problem.)

• Lure looks better with double hooks than with treble hooks to compare with an actual fish. The rear double hook moves so smoothly as they swim around in the sea water.  It looks like a tail fin.  The front double hook looks like pectoral fins.

• As a bonus, double hooks are also much nicer to fish than using treble hook.  They cause less damage for catch and release.

BOMBER LONG 15A


Colour: FIRE TIGER

Size: 115mm

Where: Shallow water 150cm

Water: Murky Incoming

Line: POWER PRO 30LB

Leader: TRIUMPH SUPER SHOCK LEADER 30LB (Very nice for the shallows)

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Hook: OWNER Cultiva STINGER DOUBLE SD-36 #2

Reel: SHIMANO SCORPION 1500XT 
Water Planet Custom Handle 1415

Rod: ST. CROIX 6' MEDIUM POWER FAST ACTION 
10-17LB 1/4-3/4oz USA

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Twitching, twitching, twitching and pause

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Do you know the right size of double hooks for your lures?

These double hooks are just the size!
Probably, you thought that these double hooks should be too big.

These double hooks are perfect for this lure in size.

Right size!

Are your double hooks too small?

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Double hooks cause less damage for catch and release.

A lot of stuff happened so I am a little tired and reduced the frequency of fishing.

Oh, yes, I have to write about double hook again.

Do you feel concerned about using double hooks on your lures?
I know that you want to use very strong hooks with hardly coming off from the fish.
You won't let go of the prizes you aimed for, will you?
Who wouldn't say so?
Still, I want to recommend you to use double hooks.

What I mean is that, of course, one must use the treble hooks now and then, but to use them all the time would be impertinence.

Please try to see the expected advantages of the double hook.

• Double hook is hardly caught from the obstacles.

• Double hook can easily be detached without pliers because it doesn't need a split ring between hook and lure.  (It rarely would become weakness.  But the methods are many various for this problem.)

• Lure looks better with double hooks than with treble hooks to compare with an actual fish. The rear double hook moves so smoothly as they swim around in the sea water.  It looks like a tail fin.  The front double hook looks like pectoral fins.

• As a bonus, double hooks are also much nicer to fish than using treble hook.  They cause less damage for catch and release.

Double hooks are matching very well with Reidy's Junior B52 and Reidy's Hellraiser.

Double hooks help the fishing tackle shop sell more expensive lures.

• To use double hooks helps beginners save money.

• To use double hooks helps experienced and skilled anglers buy more expensive lures from the fishing tackle shop.

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Saturday night 80cm Barracuda #14 MARIA MJ-1 S110FThe

I was frustrated with deadly flat sea surface in these nights.
Worse, those nights were very moonlit.
The seawater was very clear.
Of course, I didn't catch any sea barramundis.

The cold water itself wasn't very big problem for very experienced and skilled anglers.
But it must be a huge problem for the beginners because the cold temperature brings the very clear water to our shallows.
Good sized barramundis wouldn't bite lures at the sudden water-temperature change.
The stable water temperature is ideal for our fishing.
Even under the condition of a very cold water, they start biting lures once the water temperature became stable again.

Actually, the seawater temperature was falling for the last few days on our shallows.
It's very tough days for catching sea barramundi.
However, the sea surface became slightly wavy this afternoon.
Someone caught a nice sized winter sea barramundi at B's point.
I didn't catch any fish but saw his catching that fish.

I went fishing in the night again.
The sea surface was flat again.
The wind raised when the moon was screened by clouds.
The bait pattern should be a small long tom.
As a result, I caught a 80cm barracuda.
He was a very strong fighter.
The leader line which I used was very good.
I think that it easier to use a mono leader line on our shallows than a fluorocarbon leader line.

80cm barracuda
June 14, 2014
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

Very nice lure and mono leader line

MARIA MJ-1 S110F

Colour: RED GOLD

Size: 110mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Very clear Outgoing

Line: SUFIX 10LB

Leader: TRIUMPH SUPER SHOCK LEADER 30LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Hook: OWNER Cultiva SD-36 Double hook #2 

Reel: SHIMANO SUSTAIN 1000FG

Rod: ST.CROIX  AVID/AVS66LF2 4-8LB 1/16-1/4oz. Fast action

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Twitching

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The reason why HRT LURES MAD MINNOW 70mm could catch many barramundis in winter.

I caught sea barramundi every night recently.
I used a HRT LURES Mad minnow 70mm with double hooks.
The colour is called as "Fire engine".

It's a very good shallow diving lure, indeed!
Mr. Matt West who was the champion of Barra Classic 2010 gave me this lure as a lure-test.
I think that was four years ago.

First, I understood that it was very good shallow diving lure.
But I caught many rockcods but didn't catch a barramundi on our shallows.

Using double hooks, I could catch sea barramundi every night recently.

Why can HRT LURES Mad minnow with double hooks catch sea barramundi?

"Match the bait"

I took this above picture in April.

These are very young mullets.

These young mullets looked HRT LURES Mad minnow 70mm.

Using double hooks, I could finally unlock the true potential of this lure.
The rear double hook moves so smoothly as they swim around in the seawater.
It looks like a tail fin.
The front double hook looks like pectoral fins.

I need more this above double hooks as soon as possible.

On the other hand, garfish and small longtom are also very nice and effective bait for catching sea barramundi in the winter season.

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53cm Winter sea barramundi #887 HRT LURES MAD MINNOW Double hooks

Even if the sea surface was flat, barramundi normally would take lures in the night.
Nevertheless, they wouldn't take lures when the state of being windless on our shallows.
Once the wind rose, they would take lures again.

It's off the subject, but I prefer the time at which the moon is at first quater when half its face is illuminated to the full moon as follows,

I originally used double hooks for my land based barramundi fishing before and caught many barramundis in those days.
And then I used treble hooks for one year.
Finally I arrived at a conclusion.
Double hooks should be much more effective for catching sea-barramundi by land based than treble hooks.

HRT LURES MAD MINNOW was recommended me by Mr. Matt West who was a champion of Barra Classic 2010.,
That was four years ago.
I have been using it since then.
I thought that it was a very good lure for the shallow waters.
I caught many rockcods but I didn't catch many sea barramundis by using it.

Using double hooks, I could find a true potential of this lure this time.

The rear double hook moves so smoothly as they swim around in the seawater.
It looked a tail fin.
The front double hook looked pectral fins.

Basically this lure swims at the slightly deeper depth range of the water to compare with the other shallow diving lures.
Using double hooks, this lure was able to produce a very effective action as a "Touch and GO" to many rocks for the barramundi fishing while swimming in the shallow water.

Unfortunately, we can't find the above double hooks in Darwin.
I must import OWNER Cultiva Stinger Double Hooks from Japan.

As a result, I caught a very solid winter sea-barramundi tonight.

53cm Urban sea-barramundi (Winter version)
June 7, 2014
Land based, Darwin, NT, Australia

It should be nicer to barramundi than using treble hook.
Less damages.

     


HRT LURESMAD MINNOW

Colour: 023 fire engine

Size: 70mm

Where: Shallow water 30cm -50m

Water: Clear Incoming

Line: SUFIX 10LB

Leader: TRIUMPH SUPER SHOCK LEADER 30LB

Knot: The Slim Beauty Knot

Hook: OWNER Cultiva SD-36 Double hook #2 

Reel: SHIMANO SUSTAIN 1000FG

Rod: ST.CROIX  AVID/AVS66LF2 4-8LB 1/16-1/4oz. Fast action

Clip: FORCE TEN STAINLESS DUO LOCK SNAPS #2

Action: Steady retrieving (Automatically touch and go)

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